About Alkosia Village

Alkosia is a mid sized village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,890, made up of 999 males and 891 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295 hectares hectares.

Alkosia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alkosia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Chanan
Area (hectares)	295 hectares
Population	1,890
Male Population	999
Female Population	891
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alkosia compares

By the 2011 count Alkosia is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 295 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Alkosia

Alkosia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Alkosia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Asahankita, Baghmari, Barahduari and Baratanr. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Alkosia

As per the Census of India 2011, Alkosia village had a population of 1,890. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Alkosia village has 999 males and 891 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alkosia has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Alkosia covers 295 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Alkosia falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The census record for Alkosia notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Alkosia.

Alkosia is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.